"What skills do they need to do that job?" Janet then pressed her, as Stacey hit back: "Who cares, if they enjoy it?"

Things then amped up as Janet suggested they didn't need "brains" to do the job, and Nadia Sawalha argued that there's been a "changing in attitudes" – although Stacey questioned why the companies were changing now when they had "no issue" before.

She later added: "What if they're into the sport? What if they wanted to be a racing driver?"

The issue of objectification proved tense too, with Nadia saying it was a "bit '70s" and that brands need to "move with the times", and both her and Janet showing disapproval at men and women being sexualised on billboards.

When the comparison was made to modelling, however, Stacey argued that practice was also being done in a "sexualised" manner.

The issue proved equally as divisive on Twitter:

This it’s crazy I used to do this work I used to do the boxing rings and loved it. It’s crazy!! #LooseWomen

Why do we need women parading around in a skimpy outfit on a grid of Formula One cars. If it was about the woman as a person they’d be fully dressed. It’s about women as a sexual object and that’s completely wrong. #LooseWomen